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A joke is not that much different from a command prompt.<p>Video games are a chain of functions and systems into which we plug in variables and inputs. A programmer codes a character’s walk habits by expressing an “If statement” (e.g., “If right arrow or D key pushed, move character right”), which the …

The Red Room of Pain has nothing on the Batcave.<p>A very clever mash-up video combines "Fifty Shades of Grey" with Christopher Nolan's Batman movies. It works perfectly: The naive Anastasia Steele meets a brooding billionaire with a dark secret and a hidden room filled with dangerous toys. And he's …

A group of Harry Potter fans have launched a new crowdsourcing campaign – “College of Wizardry: As Real As Wizard School Gets” – that aims to establish a “permanent school of sorcery” starting at a castle in Poland. At $50,000, it’s slightly cheaper than just going to Oberlin.<p>Within three days of …

No one checks out of "The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" without a good cry! This exclusive clip gives you a taste of the beautiful wedding between Sonny (Dev Patel) and Sunaina (Tina Desai).<p>Behind the scenes, Patel and Desai discuss the ritual of weddings in India, and Dame Judi Dench …

In November of 2014, 180 part-time witches and wizards descended on a Polish castle for a weekend of live-action role-playing. Dropped into the universe of <i>Harry Potter</i>, they made friends and fought the forces of evil while doing homework for Defense Against the Dark Arts and vying for the House …

Russia has slightly relaxed a controversial new set of regulations that require all films to secure an exhibition licence before they can be screened in public, by making one-off showings at film festivals exempt.<p>The ruling follows a crackdown on films that “threaten national unity” or “defile …

<i>Life is Strange</i> is, in fact, pretty strange. It's an adventure game that lets you rewind time at any point to see the results of the decisions you didn't make on your first pass, giving you the freedom to decide what course of action really works for you. It also allows you let people get hit in …

While we wait for an official Resident Evil 2 remake, something Capcom is indeed considering, we can at least enjoy this impressive fan-made version. Developer Rod Lima has completed his long-in-development project, and has now published a walkthrough video showing off his Unreal Engine 3 …

The Xbox 360 version of upcoming action-adventure game Rise of the Tomb Raider is being developed by outside studio Nixxes Software, not Crystal Dynamics, which is handling the Xbox One edition. Square Enix boss Darrell Gallagher revealed the news in the March issue of <i>Game Informer</i>, which is …

Andrei Zvyagintsev, the director of the Oscar-nominated Leviathan, has encouraged Russians to watch the film illegally via a pirated download.<p>The film has been subject to cuts, thanks to a ban on profanity in Russian films, and Zvyagintsev wants Russians to be able to see it as he intended. And as …

Few people know that Soviet officials might have deliberately destroyed the Chernobyl power station to cover up a disastrous nearby attempt to jam Western enemies’ communications. They’re even less likely to believe it when the advocate for this theory is a wild-eyed, tousle-haired Ukrainian artist …

Even as Russia’s Academy-award nominee Leviathan was winning prizes at half a dozen illustrious film festivals and garnering glowing reviews at arthouse cinemas in New York and London, doubts remained as to whether it would even be shown in its home country. Besides a week-long showing in one St …

What a difference a few weeks makes. One month ago, the devastating cyber attack on<p>Sony Picturesover the comedy"The Interview"was making headlines around the world and rattling nerves across the movie industry. At theGolden Globesceremony Sunday, though, Hollywood seemed ready to laugh it …